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Will run the current VBScript as an administrator without a UAC prompt after the initial setup run.
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REM:<RunAsAdminNoUAC> | |
' Place this code at the top of your VBScript file you'd like to run with admin permissions. | |
' When you first run it it will ask for UAC permissions and run and add a task to your Windows 'Task Scheduler' with the name of the script. | |
' From here on out the VBScript file name and location should not be changed. | |
' Next time you run it, it will be called from the Task Scheduler with admin permissions and thus not prompt for UAC anymore. | |
' This script runs with WScript.exe, and does not support command line arguments. | |
' To delete the task, use the Windows Task Scheduler. | |
With CreateObject("WScript.Shell") | |
If WScript.Arguments.Named.Exists("CreateTask") Then | |
.Run "schtasks /Create /SC ONCE /TN """ & WScript.ScriptName & """ /TR ""wscript.exe \""" & WScript.ScriptFullName & "\"" /AsAdmin"" /ST 00:01 /IT /F /RL HIGHEST", 0, True | |
ElseIf Not WScript.Arguments.Named.Exists("AsAdmin") Then | |
If .Run("schtasks /Query /FO CSV /NH /TN """ & WScript.ScriptName & """", 0, True) = 0 Then | |
.Run "schtasks /Run /TN """ & WScript.ScriptName & """", 0, True | |
Else | |
CreateObject("Shell.Application").ShellExecute "wscript.exe", """" & WScript.ScriptFullName & """ /CreateTask", "", "runas", 1 | |
End If | |
WScript.Quit | |
End If | |
End With | |
REM:</RunAsAdminNoUAC> | |
' Your code here... |
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REM:<RunAsAdminNoUAC> | |
With CreateObject("WScript.Shell") | |
If WScript.Arguments.Named.Exists("CreateTask") Then | |
.Run "schtasks /Create /SC ONCE /TN """ & WScript.ScriptName & """ /TR ""wscript.exe \""" & WScript.ScriptFullName & "\"" /AsAdmin"" /ST 00:01 /IT /F /RL HIGHEST", 0, True | |
ElseIf Not WScript.Arguments.Named.Exists("AsAdmin") Then | |
If .Run("schtasks /Query /FO CSV /NH /TN """ & WScript.ScriptName & """", 0, True) = 0 Then | |
.Run "schtasks /Run /TN """ & WScript.ScriptName & """", 0, True | |
Else | |
CreateObject("Shell.Application").ShellExecute "wscript.exe", """" & WScript.ScriptFullName & """ /CreateTask", "", "runas", 1 | |
End If | |
WScript.Quit | |
End If | |
End With | |
REM:</RunAsAdminNoUAC> | |
' Example code that needs admin permissions to run. | |
Dim oWss: Set oWss = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") | |
Call oWss.Run("cmd /k net user administrator /active:yes") | |
' Call oWss.Run("cmd /k net user administrator /active:no") |
How do I code it to connect to a network
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You're not supposed to replace the script name. That's a property, it will automatically get your script name.